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description: Why might a banana go brown faster in the fruit bowl next to other ripe fruit? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 23 «Browning apples, rotting and mould» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Browning apples, rotting and mould

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Why might a banana go brown faster in the fruit bowl next to other ripe fruit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** banana · **What happens:** go · **To what, where:** fruit bowl

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 23 «Browning apples, rotting and mould» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chemistry/23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t9:1
# text = Why might a banana go brown faster in the fruit bowl next to other ripe fruit?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	next	next	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | might | a banana |  |  | the fruit bowl |  | fast, next *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bowl=Location |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The bowl keeps the banana too cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t9:o1:1
# text = The bowl keeps the banana too cold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the bowl | the banana |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Ripe fruit gives off ethylene gas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t9:o2:1
# text = Ripe fruit gives off ethylene gas
1	Ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	ethylene	ethylene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give off** | present | Ripe fruit | ethylene gas |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source gas=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Other fruit pushes the banana's skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t9:o3:1
# text = Other fruit pushes the banana's skin
1	Other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	banana	banana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | Other fruit | the banana's skin |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bananas hate being near apples

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chemistry:23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould:t9:o4:1
# text = Bananas hate being near apples
1	Bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | Bananas |  |  | apples |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

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